- NBA Looks To Go Yards Better Than The NFL - Speaking Exclusively
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The NBA is looking at the next round of TV contracts, whi ...
- A Brand Promo Lure For A New Sports Streamer? NFL Not Happy
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 15, 2024
The NFL was not pleased that it wasn't notified about the n ...
- MLB Wants To Own RSNs As Streaming Services - Should Other Sports Follow?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, February 13, 2024
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred wants to launch a league-owned D2C streaming servi ...
- Sturdy, Consistent Wrestling Is A No-Brainer For Netflix
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Thursday, January 25, 2024
By partnering with the WWE, Netflix is making a sure bet ...
- Sinclair Gets $115M Investment From Amazon For Diamond Sports Financial Restructuring
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Amazon's deal will put its streaming app unit Bally Sports+ in t ...
- Will ESPN Go Big With The NFL? Who Will Carry The Ball?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 16, 2024
What would the NFL do for ESPN? Give it more resources towa ...
- Authentic Brands Group Quibbling Over Sluggish Payments
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Sunday, January 7, 2024
Authentic Brands Group is quibbling over what it says are sluggish payment ...
- New $920M ESPN, NCAA Deal Includes Games Exclusive To ESPN+
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, January 5, 2024
The deal spans a record 40 championships, with 2,300 hours per ye ...
- More Sports Streaming Amazon Magic Coming - For RSNs?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Amazon is reportedly looking to make a strategic investment in one ar ...
- Amazon Exploring Diamond Sports Investment: Report
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The deal would presumably continue aggressive expansion of Prime Video's live-sports streami ...
- NCAA Considers Paying Athletes Directly From Colleges
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 6, 2023
In a move that would change the way the college sports busine ...
- Amazon Scores Another Live Sports Coup, With NASCAR
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, November 30, 2023
It is sharing rights with four broadcast and cable networks, as NASCAR ...
- Could Demanding Sports Leagues Give TV Networks, Streamers A Break?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Could the Apple TV+/Major League Soccer deal signal a new way ...
- Ozempic Sports: How Seismic Shifts In Our Behavior Change The Game
MediaDailyNews, Charles Benaiah - Thursday, October 19, 2023
Ozempic is the drug people are using to say no to thin ...
- Sports Rights Ownership Fragments As Spend Soars 68%
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, October 2, 2023
Competition from streamers for sports rights helped push spending across seven maj ...
- HubSpot Launches First National Ad Campaign On NFL Sunday Ticket
Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 2, 2023
HubSpot launched its first NFL Sunday Ticket national ad campaign on YouTub ...
- Disney, Charter Forge Deal In Time For 'Monday Night Football' Kickoff
MediaDailyNews, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, September 11, 2023
Spectrum TV Select subscribers will get the Disney+ ad-supported tier and t ...
- ESPN Changing TV Bundle In 2 Years - Too Late? What Remains
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 29, 2023
ESPN has been said among analysts to be the glue that hol ...
- Apple's Potential ESPN Bite: Sports Leagues Or Sports TV Network Focus?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 21, 2023
Selling all of Disney to Apple? Nah.. Think more strategically. How abo ...
- Can Soccer Really Get To The Top Rung Of Major U.S. TV Sports?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Soccer -- or European football -- has for years been one ...
- Back To The Broadcast Future: TV Stations Want To Air Local Sports
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 14, 2023
Major TV stations are looking to make deals with big professional spor ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery Teases Live Sports, News For Max, Reveals Timing of RSNs Exit
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, August 4, 2023
Max is now fully capable of delivering live programming, and WBD wi ...
- Sinclair's Q2 Revenues Sink 8%, Core Advertising Down 3%
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Sinclair Inc. had a tough Q2 period with revenue, including advertising a ...
- ESPN Possible New Owners: The Sports Leagues Themselves?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 25, 2023
According to a CNBC report, ESPN is talking with the biggest spor ...
- Roku Signs 1st Live-Sports Deal, For Formula E Races
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, June 27, 2023
The multi-year deal also includes continued airing of some of the rac ...
- Gen Z Fans Seek Social Experience From Watching Sports
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Tuesday, June 27, 2023
More than half of sports fans said streaming provides a better viewi ...
- Fox Corp.'s Mulvihill Takes New Senior Research Role
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Fox Corp. has created a new senior executive research/data post with longti ...
- Sports TV Bundle Could Be Coming, Alongside One For General Entertainment: Analyst
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Rising sports fees and cord-cutting are forcing sports TV and general entertainme ...
- World's Best Soccer Player Comes To The U.S.: TV Networks - Will Marketers Kick Better?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, June 9, 2023
Major League Soccer may see a major bump now that Lionel Mes ...
- Uneasy PGA-LIV Golf Merger: Where Does This Leave Sensitive TV Networks -- And Advertisers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 8, 2023
Critics complain that the association of Saudi Arabia with professional golf ...